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Posts Tagged: Lindsey Manufacturing

Special report: Has the FBI disbanded its FCPA Unit?

The FCPA Blog posed this question to the DOJ and FBI’s public affairs’ offices Wednesday: Has the FCPA Unit at the FBI been disbanded? In response, Christopher Allen in the FBI’s Public Affairs Office said: “The FBI’s investigations are managed through the International Corruption Unit, and that unit is absolutely not being disbanded.”… Continue Reading

Feds Drop Lindsey Appeal, Case Closed

The DOJ on Friday (May 25) filed a motion in  the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to voluntarily dismiss its appeal in the FCPA case against Lindsey Manufacturing Company, its CEO Keith Lindsey, and CFO Steve Lee.… Continue Reading

The Punishment Of Prosecutions

Even for defendants who are ultimately acquitted, federal criminal prosecutions leave behind a scorched earth of ruined reputations, shattered health, broken families, and drained bank accounts.

With that in mind, Professor Mike Koehler, left, published a paper in this week’s Bloomberg Criminal Law Reporter that talks about the DOJ’s string of losses in recent FCPA trials.… Continue Reading

‘Foolish And Unprofessional’ Behavior Infected FCPA Prosecutions

The DOJ’s once invincible FCPA unit isn’t just losing high profile prosecutions. It’s getting clobbered. And a common theme in the setbacks is a lack of professionalism and preparation.

Del Quentin Wilber of the Washington Post said earlier this month that FBI agents and Richard Bistrong, the chief witness for the prosecution in the Africa sting case, ‘joked about sex, booty calls, prostitutes, cigars, the Village People, the informant’s wives and an agent’s girlfriend.… Continue Reading